<a href="http://www.wemakecarpets.nl">WE MAKE CARPETS</a> will completely transform the way you see ordinary household objects such as dish sponges, plastic bottles, nuts and bolts and even pasta. Frustrated by our disposable society, the Dutch art collective comprised of Marcia Nolte, stijn van der Vleuten and Bob Wardenburg started <a href="http://inhabitat.com/traditional-weaving-is-reinvented-with-amazing-installations-by-we-make-carpets/">arranging seemingly mundane items</a> into eye-popping designs that burst with color and originality. They've been doing this for several years now, but a handful of new pieces are definitely worth a gander.

Thumbtack carpet is comprised of hundreds of colorful thumbtacks arranged in a fun pattern

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Candybar Carpet by We Make Carpets

The Candybar carpet is made with a whole lot of - you guessed it - candy!

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Candybar Carpet by We Make Carpets

We wonder how long this one lasted?

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Coffee Carpet by We Make Carpets

The Coffee carpet is made with cups of coffee with varying amounts of milk used to change their color

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Coffee Carpet by We Make Carpets

Amazingly, the smallest interventions can completely shift our perspective of a thing

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Disposable Carpet by We Make Carpets

Hundreds of pieces of disposable plastic make up this carpet

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Disposable Carpet by We Make Carpets

The Disposable carpet was displayed at the Temporary Museum in Amsterdam

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Hardware Carpet by We Make Carpets

Nuts and bolts make good carpets too!

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Hardware Carpet by We Make Carpets

This is called the Hardware carpet

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Pasta Carpet by We Make Carpets

Pasta is an especially fun medium for this art installation

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Bottle Carpet by We Make Carpets

WE MAKE CARPETS will completely transform the way you see ordinary household objects such as dish sponges, plastic bottles, nuts and bolts and even pasta. Frustrated by our disposable society, the Dutch art collective comprised of Marcia Nolte, stijn van der Vleuten and Bob Wardenburg started arranging seemingly mundane items into eye-popping designs that burst with color and originality. They've been doing this for several years now, but a handful of new pieces are definitely worth a gander.